Two MPs have welcomed news that further dangerous central reservation gaps are to be closed and work will take place to make junctions safer on the A19.
At a briefing attended by Mr Hollinrake and neighbouring Richmond MP Rishi Sunak, who have been campaigning for improvements along with the family of the Thirsk pensioner who died on the road, Highways England has confirmed that further works would take place within this financial year.
The central reservation gap at Stony Lane near the Cleveland Tontine, where Mrs Sonia Rose, 83, died when a vehicle strayed across the gap and crashed head-on into her car was closed earlier this year.
Ben Dobson, Highways England’s project manager, said the adjacent Mount Grace junction improvements would include acceleration and deceleration lanes once land had been purchased to accommodate the extra lanes.
Mr Dobson said that final recommendations about improvements to more than 40 accesses and junctions on the A19 would be published in October.
The briefing was attended by Katy Rose and her brother John whose mother, who lived in Carlton Miniott, died in the 2017 Stony Lane accident.
Ms Rose said she was pleased with the progress being made. “It was a significant step to get the central reservation at Stony Lane closed and the family are pleased that momentum at Highways England is being maintained with the support of our local MPs.”
Mr Hollinrake said: “I am delighted to have been able to support Mrs Rose’s family, alongside Rishi, to help make sure that there will be no further tragedies on this stretch of road.
“It is good to know that Highways England is delivering on its promises to make this road safer for everyone.”
Rishi Sunak, MP for Richmond (Yorks), in whose constituency the fatal accident involving Sonia Rose took place, said: “The A19 in North Yorkshire has three times more central reservation gaps than a typical dual carriageway so it is gratifying to hear that Highways England is making good progress making this important North-South route safer for everyone.”
The study into the A19 junctions was commissioned last year following criticism of the road by the coroner who held the inquest into Mrs Sonia Rose’s death.
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